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Manufacturing process of a beer filter or huqu-timis

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Detail view of the final filtering of sorghum beer with a traditional Opo filter (timis).

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D07

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Weaving a beer filter (timis)

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Nyakot-ka Wale

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Timis

Materials

Fibre-reed fibre

Cultural context/event

Social gathering

Social group setting

Community

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-07

Unique ID

2019LG07-D07-1012